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seedbed

 noun
     
Related topics: Gardening, Crops
seed‧bed [countable]
1 a place or condition that encourages something to develop
seedbed for/of
Strong personal beliefs can become a seedbed for conflicts.
2DLGTAC an area of ground where young plants are grown from seeds before they are planted somewhere else
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